This April, I was inside a high-security prison. The plan was to discuss the work that CDV does with the men and educate them on the connection between childhood adversities and their potential impact. While I believe I educated them, they also educated me. Here is...
“It was very unpredictable, we didn’t know what to expect…I believe my mom stayed because she wanted to make it work.” – Chelsea Waldroup “When my parents would fight, to me that was normal because I didn’t know what a normal parent was at the time.” – Emily Waldroup...
I was talking with a woman I met on a flight last year and my work in the space of Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) came up. She told me, “That’s a great cause. Child abuse is a big problem, and those children need more people to help them.” I explained that, yes,...
How Many U.S. Children Are Affected by Childhood Domestic Violence Every year in the United States, around 5 million children live in homes where domestic violence is present. These children are not only directly exposed to conflict between caregivers but often bear...
